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          Appeal No. 2002-1454                                                        
          Application 08/909,950                                                      


          presenting information contained in the documents which are not             
          constrained by an audio compatible format.  Wise further teaches            
          that it is a feature of the invention to prevent access to                  
          electronic information, which is not specifically formatted for             
          audio retrieval.  See column 3, lines 19 through 26.  Wise                  
          teaches that Figure 2 shows the system architecture of the                  
          preferred embodiment.  See column 5, lines 38 through 39.  When a           
          telephone 10 is connected to the system 200, the call manager 210           
          software implemented on this computer directs the audio file                
          player 270 to recite a voice prompt, such as “you have reached              
          the Audio Web Connection . . . .”  See column 5, lines 46 through           
          53.  This audio prompt allows the user to select a HTML document            
          from the World Wide Web.  See column 5, lines 53 through 65.                
          When a document is accessed, it will be processed advantageously            
          through a parser 230.  The parser 230 will interpret the content            
          of the document.  Wise further discloses in columns 6 through               
          column 7, how the parser 230 converts the HTML document into a              
          voice message to be sent over the telephone.  However, Wise does            
          not teach that the HTML documents has voice application HTML tags           
          inserted therein, said tags providing the commands and data                 
          required to form said voice application as recited in Appellants’           
          claims.                                                                     
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